Jeanie Hannaman

By Robert Lazu Kmita, The Remnant - Today’s reality doesn’t allow us any escape: things are as we see them. So the Savior’s statement that the “gates of hell” will not overcome the Church can only mean one thing: just as it happened during His first coming to earth, the faith revealed by the heavenly Father to Peter will remain unbeaten – until the end of the world – in those unknown and disregarded true Christians (disregarded by both Church hierarchs and political leaders). When I think about our current situation, the words from the Gospel according to Matthew come to mind: “They were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd” (Matthew 9:36).

By Francis X. Maier, The Catholic Thing - A lot of our Catholic people think that being a good Christian boils down to loving everybody, embracing and not judging them, and being inclusive and welcoming.  If we did that, we could just limp along, try to make everyone happy, and keep them in the fold at all costs.  The trouble is, that’s not Christianity.  It’s not the faith of the Catholic Church.  It’s not the truth Jesus taught.  As a Church we need to get back to apostolic mission; to preaching and living the whole Word of God.